Sale reports / Illinois / Greenville Livestock Auction / 2019-12-18

Greenville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Greenville, Illinois · Wed, Dec 18
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2046
Receipts
475 head
▼ 42 vs last sale 517▲ 475 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold .50 to 1.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 3.50 higher. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,23282.421,01512
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,47787.171,28726
HeifersChoiceHigh1,284117.331,507118
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,182100.431,18711
HeifersSelectLow1,02069.9871410
SteersChoiceAverage1,361116.821,590111
SteersSelect and ChoiceLow1,235101.891,25810
SteersSelectLow1,17869.0481317
SteersStandardAverage1,44053.597723thin

Every lot

21 lots · USDA AMS · Greenville Livestock Cattle Auction - Greenville, IL
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Slaughter Cattle · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,08346.95/cwt40.00–50.005083
Steers—Select1,19873.77/cwt70.00–90.0088414
Steers—Select and Choice1,235104.32/cwt100.00–113.001,2889
Steers—Select and Choice1,23580.00/cwt80.00–80.009881
Steers—Choice1,306108.19/cwt90.00–114.001,41311
Steers—Choice1,356117.84/cwt115.00–121.001,59887
Steers—Choice1,385122.99/cwt122.00–125.001,70310
Steers—Standard1,44053.59/cwt51.00–60.007723
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,63298.30/cwt95.00–100.001,6043
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select89550.00/cwt50.00–50.004481
Heifers—ChoiceLight Weight960105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0081
Heifers—Select1,03472.20/cwt70.00–80.007479
Heifers—Select and Choice1,182100.43/cwt90.00–112.001,18711
Heifers—Choice1,261109.04/cwt100.00–114.001,37513
Heifers—Choice1,283118.24/cwt115.00–121.001,51798
Heifers—Choice1,407122.52/cwt122.00–124.001,7246
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,22174.84/cwt70.00–80.009146
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,24390.00/cwt90.00–90.001,1196
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,44394.30/cwt93.00–95.001,3613
Dairy Steers—Choice1,47086.90/cwt85.00–92.001,27719
Dairy Steers—Choice1,53483.12/cwt81.00–84.001,2754

This sale against other markets

Illinois weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Illinois auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.